scotchlady

A home project...cleaning out the pipes...

Hello, My background is not chemistry, but I have been on a mission to learn...since my significant had his drain cleaning incident... From my understanding sodium hydroxide will turn into sodium carbonate in time as it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air. How long will this take?? As I understand this depends on how much surface area of the sodium hydroxide is exposed. So for instance if you had some NaOH that was exposed to the air for 6 months...would it that be sufficient time for it to have changed into sodium carbonate? Thanks, Jennifer